2281|SOCIAL AND POLITICAL SITUATION OF THE VALENCIAN COMMUNITY (IV)

— Assessment of the general situation of the Valencian Community and Spain. — Most important current problems for the Valencian Community and for Spain. — Opinion on the degree to which the decisions of the central, regional government and its City Council affect him. — Opinion on the current situation in the Valencian Community of: education, health, industry, environmental protection, road network, public transport, agriculture, housing, unemployment, tourism situation and water supply. Developments over the last four years on these issues. — Assessment of the Valencian health system. — Most important problems in Valencian public health. — Satisfaction with existing health care in the community. — Opinion on the evolution of health care since the transfer of powers, in 1988, to the regional government. Aspects in which it has improved or worsened. — Opinion on the evolution, since the Popular Party is at the head of the Generalitat. Valenciana, social services, care for the elderly and the promotion of women. Overall assessment of the work of the Government of the Generalitat in these areas. — Place of birth of the interviewee and his parents. Year in which he began to reside in the Valencian Community if he was born. — Regionalist sentiment. — Scale of Valencian nationalism. — Degree of knowledge of Valencian. Place of learning. — Language commonly used in different situations. — Degree of agreement with phrases on the need to know the Valencian to carry out certain works. — Opinion on the language in which compulsory education should be provided. — Opinion on whether the free choice between Castilian and Valencian in compulsory education is guaranteed in the Autonomous Community. — Assessment of the policy of the Council of the Generalitat in the linguistic issue. — Evaluation of the quality of teaching in Valencian colleges/institutes and universities. — Assessment of the policy of the Generalitat in relation to teaching. — Assessment of the situation of the Valencian economy. Comparison with the economic situation of the rest of Spain. — Evaluation of the current political situation in the Valencian Community. Evolution since the last regional elections of 1995. — Evaluation of the type of relationship existing between the central and regional government. — Assessment of the policy carried out by the current Government of the Valencian Community with respect to the central government. — Opinion on whether it is advantageous that the central government and the regional government belong to the same party. — Evaluation of the work carried out by them: the Autonomous Government, the Central Government, the Autonomous Parliament, the Parliament of the Nation and its City Council. — Vote recall in the 1996 general elections and in the regional elections of 1995. — Evaluation and approval of the performance of the President of the Generalitat, Eduardo Zaplana. Degree of confidence. — Assessment of the management carried out by the current Consell de la Comunidad Valenciana. — Assessment of the work carried out by the opposition since the Popular Party is ruling in the Valencian Community. — Evaluation of the Autonomous Government: honesty, efficiency, capacity for dialogue and communication with the man on the street, knowledge of the problems and defense of the interests of the Valencian Community. — Approval of the policy being carried out by the Government of the Generalitat Valenciana. — Degree of support it would give to certain political parties. — Political parties that I would be willing to support. — Degree of agreement with phrases concerning the voting of regional/national parties. — Scale of political ideology of the interviewee. — Scale of political ideology applied to political parties.